Stories
- In pictures
Herbal medicines and the early modern menopause
Held responsible for their own “rebellious distempers” – or menopausal symptoms – women had no choice but to keep quiet and resort to unpalatable concoctions in the hope of relief, as Julia Nurse explains.
- In pictures
The evolution of war-zone medicine
The need to deal with battlefield injuries has led to inventive designs for extreme situations. Find out how camel-drawn ambulances and flat-pack hospitals have helped casualties survive.
- Article
An animated almanac for the modern world
Discover why Thomas Coleman wanted to make a medieval folding almanac relevant to the modern world and see the film for yourself.
- Article
Hunting lost plants in botanical collections
A bark specimen at Kew recalls the story of a South American man who harvested the most potent source of the only effective malaria treatment available in the late 1800s. Killed for his work and forgotten by history, Manuel Mamani was a victim of the colonial juggernaut.
Catalogue
- Books
Medical innovations in historical perspective / edited by John V. Pickstone.
Date: 1992- Books
A research and teaching collection of primary source material on the history of medicine / Edwin Clarke and B.I. Williams.
Clarke, Edwin (Edwin Sisterson), 1919-1996.Date: 1971- Ephemera
Vibrant vitality : exercise, massage, fitness and health : a small exhibition in the Modern Medicine reading room display cases in the library of the Wellcome Institute for the History of Medicine : November 1996 / [Stephen Lowther].
Lowther, Stephen, 1955-Date: 1996- Ephemera
Powders, pennies and pains : pharmaceutical advertising 1880-1990 : an exhibition in the Modern Medicine reading room display cases in the library of the Wellcome Institute for the History of Medicine : 30 June to 27 September 1997 / [Stephen Lowther].
Lowther, Stephen, 1955-Date: 1997- Ephemera
Positive action : health education, caring & initiatives in HIV and AIDS : a small exhibition in the Modern Medicine reading room display cases in the library of the Wellcome Institute for the History of Medicine : 2 December 1996 to 28 February 1997 / [Stephen Lowther].
Lowther, Stephen, 1955-Date: 1996